Co 485 (Early Byzantine half-follis of Constans II from Constantinople) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
644
Not before (date)
643
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
DOCII Constans II 90, p. 460, pl. XXVII (Constantinople Class I)
Comparanda
MIB3 Constans II 180, pp. 139, 251, pl. 29
Contributor Notes
2012 (December 4): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2024: JLR refined identification.
Preservation description
Wear: G/aVF. Roughly 40% of coin survived with chipped edges after large segments snapped off; extensive, slight pitting to gouging; rare pitting. Faint film of incipient, pale green bronze disease especially on reverse.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 70, no. 1078, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justin II, Uncertain, Half-Follis (frag.)“)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Half-follis
Numismatic Authority
Constans II (641-668)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
22.0
Numismatic Mint
Constantinople
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.12
Obverse Description
Facing figure of emperor, bearded and crowned, holding globus cruciger in left hand [and staff with cross in right hand] (traces)
Reverse Inscription
Large Κ; above, cross (traces); to left, ANN; to right, II | I; below, Α
Chronology comment
Dated 643/4 CE
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph